Filter.



L. W. ANDRE'S': M; ANDRES. FILTER avwenfozd/ AZ Maw Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

APPLICATION FILED APE. 9,1909.

UNITED s'rnrus PATENT carton LOUIES w. aunnns'ann MAariN ANDRES, or SGRANTON, rENNsYLva'nm;

FILTER.

Specification ofLetter's Batent.

Application filed April 9, 1909. 2 Serial No. 488,951.

To all whom it mcy concem:

Be it known that we, Looms W. ANDRES and MARTIN ANDRES, citizens of the United States, residing at Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Filters; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make-and use ,the same.

This invention relates to improvements in filters, and particularly to lters arranged to be applied to -spigots or faucets for filtering water immediately previous to its discharge. The object in view is the-arrangement of a plurality of means withi a suitable housing includin a filtering medi m by which water is forced gradually through a filtering surface from a comparativelv large body of water so as to take advantage of any settlement v embodying the med ' contact therewith for separating any foreign matter from the water after which the water is permitted to escape into a discharge pipe.

A furtherobject of the invention is the arrangement of a filter designed-to have a filtering medium that may be readily removed from the casing of the filter proper for cleaning or inspecting as occasion may require, and then placed back in position without injury to any of the parts.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed. I

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a spigot having a filter invention connected therewith. Fig. 2 isan enlarged vertical section through the filter shownin Fig. 1. Fi

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'. 3 is a sideelevation of'the filtering mem ber.

proper. Fi l is a top plan view ofthe tering mem er shown in F1 3 Fig. 5 1s a bottom plan view of the terl'ng member shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a detail fragmentary perspective view of the top plate of a filtering member and surrounding parts, the same showing how the plate is held in p0s1- tion.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a spigot of any desired kind to which is-secured a filter 2 by any desired means, as for instance aunt 3. 2 is formed with a housing l having a par tition 5 mounted therein which carriespipes or tubes 6 and 7 The pipes or tubes 6 and 7 extend to near the lower end of the housings so as to be in proximity to the cap or bottom 8 which is preferably threaded onto" housing 4. Cap 8 carries a relief or cle'an ing spl 0t 9 which is ada ted to clean out any se iments or dirt lo ged below filterin member 10. Above'p'artition 5 is pro vi ed a chamber 11 in which a quantity of water is maintained and from whichwa'ter is supplied to a lower chamber 12 through pipes 6 and 7 Lower chamber 12 is merely the-space'in housing 4 between cap 8 and filterlng member 10. A third chamber 13 is positioned above the filtering memberlO Patented Nov. 2,1909.

The filter I for receiving filtered water from'which the same escapes through discharge pipe 14 when the spigot l is turned on and the water is flowing.

Thefilterin member 10 may be held-in the housing thy friction, butif the friction is not suflicient the same is supported by a tube loresting upon cap 8.. The filtering member 10 is formed with a cvlindricalhousing 16 and end plates 1.7-

and 18 which hold in place wire mesh 19- and 20 of any desired kind or number. The

"wire mesh may be of several thicknesses as desired, and positioned centrally of the locus ing 16 is a filtering medium 21 of any desired kind. Plates 1? and 18 are preferably held properly in housing-16 by means of suitable bolts 22 and 23 that pass the,

full length of the filter; In order'to pro erly hold tube 15 in positionin thefilter th same is secured to being soldered thereto and is formed with a plurality of notches 24: fO1' permitting the escape of water therethrough in case the tube 15 should be forced against thefpartition 5. accommodate tubes 6 and. 7,

tubes 25mm 26 are rigidly secured to plate 5 plate 17 preferably by lapping plate 17 and 28 underlapping or from immediately upon turning on spigot 1,

' will be precipitated. Any foreign matter 17 is also provided with the wire mesh 40 17 and extend entirely through the filterin member 10 so that the latter may be place in housin 4 and removed therefrom without danger o injury. In order to hold plate 17 in the tubular housing 16 the end thereof has bent over portions 27 and '28, 27 overprojecting beneath plate 17. The top plate a pair of upstanding ears 29 and 30 to which the ends of the bail 31 are pivotally secured. Bail 81 is arranged to be folded down against or near plate 17 when the filtering member 10 is placed in housing 4: but is easily raised for use in removing the filtering member from its housing.

In operation when it is desired to secure some filtered water all that is necessary is to turn on spigot 1 and water will flow into. chamber 11 and from chamber 11'the Water will flow through pipes 6 and 7 into chamber 12.- From chamber 12 the water percolates or passes through filtering member 10 and is filtered thereby. After passing through filtering member 10 the water fills chamber 3 from which it overflows into discharge pipe 14. After the filter has once been filled with water filtered Water will flowtherebut the fresh water turned on wlll ass through the filter as just set forth. hen the water reaches chamber 12 the water is in the same condition as when leaving spigot 1, but by reason of the sides of chamber 12 the movement of the water is checked, and any comparatively large solid matter therein not precipitated will be either checked by of the filter or the remaining filtering medium so that as the water passes into chamber 13 the same is purified. In continuous use it will beobserved that sedi- I ment and dirt of various kinds will accumulate in chamber 12. This dirt may be I- cleaned out by simply turning on va vs 9 and spigot l which will permit the water to freely pass from spigot. 1 into. chamber 12 and thence out valve 9, the Water being compelled to pass-through filtering member 10. The water passing this way has considerable movement which will stir up any sediment or dirt in chamber 12 and washthe same out. If. for any reason the filter is not cleaned properly by simplyturning on valve 9 and spigot 1 the cap 8 may be removed and the filtering member 10 removed for cleaning or repairing as desired. What we claim is:

' 1. In a filter the combination with achamber provided near its upper end with a partition, of a filtering member arranged'therein and embodying a casing, plates for closing'the ends of the casing, each plate being provided with a plurality of openings, at filtering medium confined between the plates, tubes rigid with the plates, a plurality of pipes opening through the partition and passing through the tubes and terminating short of the bottom of the chamber, and a third tube passing through the center of, the

plates and projecting at each end beyond the same and extending through the bottom of the chamber. v

2. In a filter, the combination with achamber provided near its upper end with a partition, of a filtering member arranged therein and embodying a casing, plates for closing the ends of the casing,-each .plate being provided with a plurality er openings, screens for coveringthe openings, a filtering medium confined between the plates, tubes rigid with the plates, a plurality of pipes opening through the partition and passing through the tubes and terminating short of the bottom of the chambenand a third tube passing through the center of the plates and projecting at each end beyond the same and Iiintending through the bottom of the cham- In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIES W. ANDRES. MARTIN ANDRES. Witnesses: 

